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Stock market reports

  • London close: Stocks mixed as tariff fears waver
    Mon 24 March 2025 15:13
    (Sharecast News) - London stocks ended Monday largely flat in muted trading, with early optimism around Donald Trump's comments on reciprocal tariffs fading as the session progressed.
  • US open: Stocks up, Morgan Stanley's Wilson calls 'tradeable rally'
    Mon 24 March 2025 14:33
    (Sharecast News) - Stocks on Wall Street were rallying at the start of the week, helped by positive headlines on the geopolitical and economic front.
  • Europe midday: Stoxx up on PMI factory output survey
    Mon 24 March 2025 11:17
    (Sharecast News) - European shares were higher on Monday as flash survey results showed eurozone business activity picking up, while sentiment was also boosted by reports that US President Donald Trump's tariffs may be more limited in scope than originall
  • London midday: FTSE pares gains as investors mull UK PMI
    Mon 24 March 2025 10:55
    (Sharecast News) - London stocks had pared gains to trade flat by midday on Monday as initial enthusiasm about Donald Trump's "flexibility" over reciprocal tariffs wore off and as investors mulled a mixed UK PMI report.
  • Asia report: Markets mixed as investors eye tariff impacts
    Mon 24 March 2025 09:37
    (Sharecast News) - Asia-Pacific markets finished in a mixed state on Monday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the 2 April deadline set by US president Donald Trump for potential reciprocal tariffs.

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Press round-up

  • Monday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Gatwick Airport, Ebury
    Mon 24 March 2025 07:27
    (Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer has been warned against "appeasing" Donald Trump as he considers reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs. His chancellor, Rachel Reeves, confirmed on Sunday that t
  • Sunday newspaper round-up: Ukraine, HSBC, Rolls-Royce
    Sun 23 March 2025 13:08
    (Sharecast News) - Officials from Ukraine and the US are expected to sit down in Riyadh and talk about a possible partial ceasefire on Sunday. The meeting will be taking place sooner than expected and will precede another between delegations from the US a

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Company news

  • Morrisons to close 17 shops, 52 in-store cafes
    Mon 24 March 2025 13:56
    (Sharecast News) - Morrisons announced a major restructuring plan on Monday that will see the closure of 17 convenience stores, 52 in-store cafés, and a range of other in-store services, putting 365 jobs at risk across the UK.
  • Frasers to open more than 350 Sports Direct stores in Southeast Asia, India
    Mon 24 March 2025 12:42
    (Sharecast News) - Mike Ashley's Frasers Group said on Monday that it was planning to open more than 350 Sports Direct stores in Southeast Asia and India as it expends its existing partnership with MAP Active, a sports, fashion and distributor operator in
  • Novo Nordisk inks deal on trial obesity drug worth up to $2bn
    Mon 24 March 2025 12:26
    (Sharecast News) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has signed a deal worth up $2bn to develop, make and sell United Laboratories International's weight-loss drug candidate.
  • Bayer ordered to pay $2.1bn in US state Roundup verdict
    Mon 24 March 2025 09:06
    (Sharecast News) - Bayer has been ordered by a US state jury to pay approximately $2.1bn in damages to a plaintiff who alleged that the company's Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer.
  • RWE shares jump as Elliott takes stake, wants buyback lift
    Mon 24 March 2025 08:04
    (Sharecast News) - Shares in German energy form RWE rose on Monday after activist investor Elliott revealed it had taken an almost 5% stake in the company and called for an increase its €1.5bn share buyback programme.

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Aim and small cap news

AIM bulletins

  • Xtellus to buy Serinus Energy in £5.1m cash deal
    Mon 24 March 2025 14:04
    (Sharecast News) - Serinus Energy said on Monday that it has agreed to be taken over by US investment firm Xtellus in a £5.1m cash deal.
  • Johnson Service Group appointes new CFO as Monaghan retires
    Mon 24 March 2025 10:48
    (Sharecast News) - Johnson Service Group announced on Monday that chief financial officer Yvonne Monaghan would retire after more than four decades with the company, including 17 years as CFO.
  • Seeing Machines appoints technology, safety chiefs
    Mon 24 March 2025 10:45
    (Sharecast News) - Seeing Machines announced the appointments of John Noble as its chief technology officer and Dr Mike Lenné as its first chief safety officer on Monday, as it positioned itself to capitalise on rising regulatory demand for driver monito
  • Pantheon Resources narrows half-year loss as it progresses developments
    Mon 24 March 2025 10:41
    (Sharecast News) - Pantheon Resources reported a reduced after-tax loss of $6.9m for the six months ended 31 December 2024, down from $7.4m in the same period a year earlier, as it progressed key developments at its 100%-owned Kodiak and Ahpun oil and gas
  • Caledonia Mining declares quarterly dividend
    Mon 24 March 2025 10:35
    (Sharecast News) - Caledonia Mining declared a quarterly dividend of 14 US cents per share on Monday, maintaining its regular shareholder distribution in line with its long-standing dividend policy.

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Small cap bulletins

  • CAB Payments gross income falls in 'reset year'
    Thu 13 March 2025 10:56
    (Sharecast News) - Cross-border payments specialist CAB Payments said on Thursday that gross income had fallen in what it called a "reset year".
  • Fuller, Smith & Turner launches new share buyback
    Thu 13 March 2025 09:37
    (Sharecast News) - Pub landlord Fuller, Smith & Turner launched a new share buyback on Thursday as it said it had experienced continued strong trading going into the end of the financial year.

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